Former AC Milan striker Marco Simone has urged the current Rossoneri management team to go in for Inter owned Mauro Icardi in the upcoming Summer transfer window.

Icardi is currently out on loan at reigning French champions Paris Saint Germain, who have an option to sign him up on a permanent basis for a sum of €70 million.

There have been contrasting reports in the media with regard to PSG’s intentions for the 27-year-old Argentine forward, who has netted 20 goals and tallied four assists in 31 games across all competitions to date.

In an interview with Milan based newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, Simone, who spent nine years with AC Milan across two spells, discussed the current attackers that the club have available to them and players he thinks should be brought in.

“I would keep Leao, he has strength and talent. Otherwise, if you always find some flaws to those who have talent, you need to start from scratch every time.

“Looking at Piatek, I wouldn’t have given up on him. If Ibra leaves, they will need a centre-forward. I could picture Milik doing well, but I would try to bring Cavani and Icardi to Milan. Mauro would be a great signing.”

Icardi still has a contract with Inter until 2022 and reports elsewhere in the media have suggested that Juventus are also keeping a close eye on his situation at PSG.

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Sandra Zampa, the undersecretary for the ministry of health, has warned that football in Italy being played in front of full stadiums is a long way away.

Football at all levels, as well as all sporting activity, has been on hold for around about a month now in Italy due to the ongoing global Coronavirus pandemic and it remains completely unknown whether the season will resume but Zampa insists the resumption of the season is far from a priority during this unprecedented time where thousands have lost their lives.

“We are still in phase one. The descent is very slow, phase one will begin on May 3rd, but this does not mean returning to the life we ​​knew,” the former vice president of the Italian democratic party remarked in an interview with Italian broadcaster RaiNews24 earlier on today.

“I think it is very difficult for the football leagues to resume but I do not see this as a priority at the moment. In any case, full stadiums will only be seen again when we are safe and that is when we have a vaccine. There will not be normal life until we have the vaccine.”

Reports from various Italian news outlets have speculated for weeks about when the season could resume and possible modifications to the format that could take place if the season does resume however the Coronavirus will ultimately determine how things play out.

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The Italian football federation (FIGC) medical commission are due to meet tomorrow to hold talks over the possible resumption of the 2019/20 football season according to a report in today’s print edition of Gazzetta dello Sport.

Football at all levels and all other sporting activity in Italy has been on hold for around a month due to the ongoing global Coronavirus pandemic and it remains to be seen whether the season will be able to resume at all.

The FIGC hope to be able to save the season and resume and a whole array of dates have been suggested in the media in terms of when the season could resume and a number of solutions on how the remaining games of the season can be finished have also been speculated about.

At tomorrow’s meeting, there will be discussions over the sanitisation of club’s training grounds and how having players in close proximity can be dealt with among many other things.

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Adrian Ruben Fernandez, the head of Racing Club’s youth academy, has tipped Inter striker Lautaro Martinez to be the next Sergio Aguero.

In an interview with Spanish news outlet AS, Fernandez, who was among the first to see the now 22-year-old in action upon his arrival at Racing Club from Liniers in 2014, revealed what he thought of him the first time he seen him play.

“He was incredible and had the ability to control the ball with both feet. He was a marvel then and he has been able to develop as he wished to back then.”

He then went on to reveal that he had a big part to play in Lautaro knocking back Real Madrid a few years ago.

“I told him that he had not yet done anything at Racing and that better offers would come. He knew that in the future there would be more benefits for himself and for the club.”

He was then asked whether he thinks Lautaro should go to either Real Madrid or Barcelona now amid continued links to each side in the media of various countries.

“I think that at the Blaugrana he would be more decisive due to the players who are in midfield and for the fact that he would play with Messi. He is the ideal heir of Luis Suarez. He can face any challenge, as he is showing at Inter. He will score between 400-500 goals in his career. He is the next Sergio Aguero.”

This season Lautaro, who has a contract with Inter until 2023, has made 31 appearances across all competitions to date in which he has scored 16 goals and provided a total of four assists to his teammates.

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Inter offered Goran Pandev the opportunity to become part of the club’s management back in the January transfer window according to a report from Italian news outlet FCInterNews.it.

Right at the very end of the transfer window when Inter were looking for a striker capable of being a back-up option, Pandev was linked to the Nerazzurri by several high profile sources, including Italian broadcaster Sky Sport Italia transfer market expert Gianluca Di Marzio.

As per this report, Inter offered him the chance to see out the final six months of his playing career with the club before transitioning into a member of the club’s management.

The 36-year-old striker was one of the heroes of Inter’s historic treble winning side in the 2009/10 season and it now remains to be seen if Inter will offer him the chance to join the management team again once he retires at the end of this season.

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Former AC Milan and Lazio defender Jaap Stam has revealed that there was a time when Inter and Juventus both wanted to sign him.

“Juve and Inter wanted me, but I chose the Rossoneri without thinking twice about it. I grew up watching van Basten, Gullit and Rijkaard, I couldn’t refuse the offer,” he revealed as part of an interview with Milan based newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport which appeared in today’s print edition.

As part of the interview he also spoke on the Serie A title race with a specific focus on Lazio, who have surprised many with how well they have done, something Stam believes is in large part down to manager Simone Inzaghi.

“It doesn’t surprise me that Lazio have done what they have. They have been working well for years and can win the Scudetto.

“Inzaghi, however, has impressed me. Everybody performs under him, in every position. He’s a tactician with great play and character. If the team are doing well, it’s thanks to him.”

Stam also spoke very briefly on two former Ajax players currently plying their trade in Serie A in Inter’s Christian Eriksen and Juventus’ Matthijs de Ligt: “Eriksen and de Ligt are two talents.”

Stam had a 25-year long playing career that began in 1992 with PEC Zwolle and also saw him represent the likes of PSV Eindhoven and Manchester United. Since retiring in 2007, he has held several managerial roles at clubs including English Championship outfit Reading.

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Giovanni Malago, the president of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI), has shared his belief that it is now time to make decisions regarding the football season.

Football at all levels in Italy has been on hold for around a month due to the ongoing global Coronavirus pandemic and as things stand it remains unclear whether or not the season will resume.

Some Serie A clubs have as many as 13 league games left to play as well as matches in other competitions which makes it far from easy to fit everything in whilst causing as little disruption to next season as possible.

In an interview with broadcaster DAZN today, Malago stated that a decision must be made and admitted that everyone will just have to lose out in some way, although, by his own admission, it is not the ideal solution to what is a very complex and unprecedented situation.

“I believe the big mistake that can be made is to intervene in contexts and worlds where there are precise delegations and representations,” he began.

“Do you want to be the President of a federation? Then this is your time to make decisions.

“Everyone must lose something, the ideal situation would be to find a path together, where there are no losers or winners and to help football start again as soon as possible and regardless of this season.”

He then went on to share his delight at the fact that the European Championship’s scheduled for this Summer were postponed to next Summer.

“It was absolutely the right decision to postpone the competition. Imagine what the European Championship’s would have been like without fans. In my opinion, it will be a great Euros, it will be the reason why international football can start again all together.”

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World football’s governing body FIFA are against the idea of having a super long transfer window according to a report in today’s print edition of Corriere dello Sport.

There has been a number of suggestions about how the format of the transfer window could be changed due to the ongoing global Coronavirus pandemic but FIFA have thrown out the idea of a three and a half month long transfer window.

Tomorrow, European football’s governing body UEFA, the European Club Association and European leagues are due to meet to hold talks on various topics among which will be the transfer window.

The report in the Rome based newspaper suggests clubs could well be given a five to seven week window when this season ends, a window in January, which could exceed the traditional four weeks, and then another window in June to help clubs sort out their budgets and reaching Financial Fair Play requirements.

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Legendary Inter attacker Goran Pandev has confirmed that the club came back in for him during the most recent January transfer window but Genoa blocked him from leaving the club.

Throughout the January transfer window it was widely reported that Inter were looking to add a new striker to their ranks and when it became apparent that their primary targets could not be acquired, they then set their sights on bringing Pandev back to the club, despite him being 36-years-old.

“There was something, Inter mean everything to me. They’re the team that has changed my life and made me win more, but my idea has always been clear since I arrived at Genoa,” he remarked in an interview with Italian broadcaster Sky Sport Italia.

“I wanted to show people that I wanted to give a lot. Piero Ausilio called me and I asked him if he was making fun of me, but he said no, that they needed me. I replied: ‘Aren’t you looking for younger people?’

“Then I talked to Alessandro Zarbano, he said they wouldn’t let me go as they needed me at Genoa. It would have been bad if I left.”

The North Macedonia national team player was one of the heroes of Inter’s historic treble winning side back in the 2009/10 season and another recent report has even suggested that Inter offer him the chance to join the club’s management team once he finished playing.

This season Pandev has made 23 appearances across all competitions to date, in which he has scored seven goals and provided a single assist.

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Legendary former Barcelona midfielder Xavi has shared his delight at seeing his former employers being interested in signing Inter striker Lautaro Martinez.

For a number of weeks and months now, Barcelona have been strongly linked with making a move for the highly rated 22-year-old, who has a €111 million release clause in his current Inter contract.

Reports have suggested that Barcelona are looking at the Argentine national team forward as the long term successor to Luis Suarez, who recently turned 33-years-old and is out of contract at the end of next season.

Inter will reportedly only allow Lautaro Martinez to depart the club if his release clause, which is only valid for the first two weeks in July, is triggered but Barcelona wish to do a player(s) plus cash deal for him.

“I like him. I like how he plays deep and he plays in open and closed spaces. It is good that Barcelona are interested in purchasing him,” Xavi, who is currently the manager of Qatari outfit Al Sadd, revealed in an interview with Spanish YouTube sensation DjMaRiiO, who has over six million subscribers on the platform.

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